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I'll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. — Tim Ferriss
Small Man can be a very funny or a very tiresome Tour Companion, depending on how this kind of thing grabs you. He gambles, he… — Diana Wynne Jones
War is far worse. At least where politics is going on, there are usually nice hors dâ€™oeuvres. — Brandon Sanderson
That night as I lay in bed, I thought of several things I could have said and mourned the fact that my wit usually bloomed… — Siri Hustvedt
Sooner or later usually means too late — Scott Westerfeld
Twelve thousand years ago, everybody on earth was a hunter-gatherer; now almost all of us are farmers or else are fed by farmers. The spread… — Jared Diamond
Your mind creates your reality. If you expect nothing, you open up the universe to give you options. If you expect the worst, you usually… — James Patterson
It was funny to hear her voice aloud. Her thoughts and perceptions usually existed so deep inside her, they rarely made it to the surface… — Ann Brashares
Most areas of intellectual life have discovered the virtues of speculation, and have embraced them wildly. In academia, speculation is usually dignified as theory. — Michael Crichton
Introverts almost never cause me trouble and are usually much better at what they do than extroverts. Extroverts are too busy slapping one another on… — Mark Vonnegut
Simply put, dramatic irony is when a person makes a harmless remark, and someone else who hears it knows something that makes the remark have… — Daniel Handler
Sin, he reflected, is not what it is usually thought to be; it is not to steal and tell lies. Sin is for one man… — Shusaku Endo
Underestimating one's enemy was a classic tactical mistake --- one that was usually born out of stupidity or arrogance or both. (Harry Smith) — Vince Flynn
Shouldn't you be looking at other cars? You know, car shopping usually involves ... shopping." "I don't shop very well", Grace said. "I just see… — Maggie Stiefvater
The dream didn't fade as dreams usually do upon waking. — Stephen King
Elodin looked at me. "What a remarkably honest threat," he said. "Normally they're much more growlish and gristly than that." "Gristly?" I asked, emphasizing the… — Patrick Rothfuss
The feeling of being hurried is not usually the result of living a full life and having no time. It is on the contrary born… — Eric Hoffer
Take a note: it usually works better if you wait until I do something stupid before getting mad at me. — Patricia Briggs
Usually the people I do know are sufficient to spawn any number of nightmares without inventing any. — Patricia Briggs
...sitting and waiting is one of the most miserable occupations known to man - not that it usually is known to men; women do it… — Diana Gabaldon

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